dumm

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German tump, from Old High German tumb, from Proto-West Germanic *dumb, from Proto-Germanic *dumbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-.

The modern consonantism is Central and Low German (compare Middle Low German dumb, dumm, from Old Saxon dumb). The rare literary variant tumb is a poetic archaism directly borrowed from Middle High German; the expected form of this source is early modern German tumm (now obsolete).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʊm/
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Adjective

dumm (strong nominative masculine singular dummer, comparative dümmer, superlative am dümmsten)

  1. dumb, stupid

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Further reading

  • dumm” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • dumm” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • dumm” in Duden online

German Low German

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Etymology

From Middle Low German dum, from Old Saxon dumb, from Proto-West Germanic *dumb, from Proto-Germanic *dumbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-.

Compare German dumm and tumb, Dutch dom, English dumb, West Frisian dom, Danish dum.

Pronunciation

Adjective

dumm (comparative dümmer, superlative dümmst)

  1. dumb, silent, mute
  2. dumb, stupid

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